ICTP MATH SPECIAL LECTURE "Escher & Droste" - Peter Stevenhagen (Leiden University) - Wednesday, 31 January 2024 (14:30 - 16:00) Venue: Budinich Lecture Hall

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Wednesday, 31 January 2024 (14:30 - 16:00)


Venue: ICTP - Budinich Lecture Hall



Title: Escher & Droste


Speaker: Peter Stevenhagen (Leiden University)


Abstract: Art, mathematics, physics, nature and design are the 
"ingredients" present in the works of escher, a brilliant and tormented 
artist, capable of realizing so many paradoxes of perspective, geometry 
and composition that form the basis of his works and continue to inspire 
generations of new artists to this day. The droste effect is a special 
visual effect achieved when an image contains a smaller version of 
itself. These are recursive images, which can potentially be repeated ad 
infinitum. Escher’s "print gallery" from 1956 represents his mastery of 
creating mathematical puzzles and geometric paradoxes at the highest 
level. I will present hendrik lenstra’s mathematical explanation of this 
puzzle using the mesmerising visual illustrations created by the leiden 
number theory group.

This talk will be non-technical and accessible to a general audience.

Everyone is welcome to attend

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